AUSTIN (Nexstar) — U.S. District Court Judges April Perry and Karin Immergut are both currently weighing a difficult question: can President Donald Trump deploy Texas National Guard troops to states without their governor's consent?

Immergut, a Trump appointee who serves as a judge for the District of Oregon, indicated she's leaning towards 'no' late Sunday night. On Saturday, she temporarily blocked Trump from federalizing 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect federal buildings in Portland. The next day, Trump's administration changed from federalizing Oregon National Guardsmen to deploying 200 Californian National Guardsmen, with Oregon officials also citing a memo written by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordering 400 Texas National Guardsmen to be activated for deployment to Ore

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